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Chery Misak’s book on the history of American pragmatism is both descriptive and normative. She tells the story of the continuous presence of the pragmatist inspiration in America through five generations of eminent philosophers from Chauncey Wright to Hilary Putnam born 100 years after him, showin...

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Autore principale: Madelrieux, Stéphane
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2017
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Riassunto:Chery Misak’s book on the history of American pragmatism is both descriptive and normative. She tells the story of the continuous presence of the pragmatist inspiration in America through five generations of eminent philosophers from Chauncey Wright to Hilary Putnam born 100 years after him, showing that pragmatism has never been eclipsed from the philosophical scene even during the heyday of logical empiricism. At the same time, she divides American pragmatists between a good trend going fr...